The film follows two vagabonds, Dirty Fred and Bruho, who wander around looting vacation homes in the Catskill Mountains. Their commitment to the lifestyle is challenged, however, when a runaway teen and an aimless young woman join their ranks.

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Video Quality

Doomsdays comes to Blu-Ray from Factory 25 with a favorable HD master, which captures the independent nature of the production exactly as intended. The presentation provides a notable amount of depth to the rural excursions as our characters make their way from house to house. The production design of the various living spaces, along with the fabrics of clothing, provides clear textural details. The image is clean with the natural color palette popping off the screen. The film captures the nuances of colors within the landscapes and the production design, which makes for a very striking image. Black levels are appropriately deep with no discernible digital noise. The flesh tones are natural with a fabulous amount of detail in close-ups. This Blu-Ray is a nice representation of the movie.

Audio Quality

This Blu-Ray disc comes with a mostly decent lossy Dolby Digital 2.0 track that presents this material in a straightforward manner. Dialogue is the prominent aspect of this experience in the center channel as you get these exchanges with nice clarity. The soundtrack resonates with decent fidelity so that nothing ever sounds distorted or echoey. There is virtually nothing in the way of unwanted digital anomalies or other issues spotted. This track comes up just short of being ideal thanks to not being a lossless track, but the average viewer will likely not notice any significant loss in quality. Optional English SDH subtitles are provided.

Special Features

Doomsdays Short Film: The original three-minute short that inspired the film is provided here in HD.

Erection and Destruction: A 12-minute short film about a guy who takes a prescription that ruins his life.

Trailer (1:01)

Booklet: A 30-page booklet is included featuring text by Joel Potrykus and Malcolm Harris, an interview with writer/director Eddie Mullins by Grady Hendrix, and a list of the film’s cinematic influences.

Final Thoughts

Doomsdays follows characters who take the notion of aimlessness and living off the grid to surprising heights. At times, their ideas can be quite annoying as they try to justify their behavior, but the movie succeeds in the magic trick of getting you to care about them and everyone they add to this mixed-up chosen family. The humor is often dry yet very clever and amusing in execution. There is a surprising amount of heart as you get deeper into this journey, ultimately leaving you with a very positive impression. This is a very small-scale movie, but it has a lot to offer if you can get on its wavelength. Factory 25 has released a Blu-Ray featuring a pretty good A/V presentation and a couple of cool special features. Recommended

Doomsdays is currently available to purchase on Standard Edition Blu-Ray or with a Limited Edition Slipcover exclusively through Vinegar Syndrome.

Note: Images presented in this review are not reflective of the image quality of the Blu-Ray.

Disclaimer: Factory 25 & OCN Distribution have supplied a copy of this disc free of charge for review purposes. All opinions in this review are the honest reactions of the author.